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IHSA 3A Baseball Regional UPDATE
Today's championship game time has been adjusted to allow for improved field conditions. First pitch is 4pm at Borden Field. #BePurple #GoDukes
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Here are pictures of the 8th Grade Award winners from the ceremony held today in the Madison Gym! #GoPurple #BePurple
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Go check out https://www.facebook.com/jeffersonschool170/ to see what has been going on with their end of the year activities! #GoPurple
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As the final activity of the year, Mrs. Beck's English 10 Honors classes listened to artist and poet Dr. Gooden read selections of poetry from her book Night Forms. She also discussed what it was like growing up in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. Additionally, Honors students did an awesome job reading an original poem with Dr. Gooden that they wrote using one of her poems as a model. After the students left class, Dr. Gooden took time to autograph her second poetry book for them.
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May is Better Speech and Hearing Month! Let's shout out to all the speech pathologists, audiologists, and everyone working to improve communication. Whether it's articulation, language, stuttering, or hearing loss, let's raise awareness! Got questions? Get screened! Let's make communication accessible for everyone. 🗣️👂 #BetterSpeechandHearingMonth
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Due to the inclement weather, The Reagan Middle School 8th Grade promotion will be held inside of Lancaster Gym at Dixon High School. Thank you for your understanding with this.
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We plan to stream the 2024 High School Graduation Ceremony live at 1pm on Sunday, May 26th. It will be accessible via this link: https://youtube.com/live/-FXiIhuJIhc?feature=share
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Attention DPS Families! The Dukes beat Freeport last night 9-7 and have advanced to play the Sycamore Spartans tomorrow in the Regional Championship game at Borden Field! The game starts at 2PM. #GoPurple #BePurple
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Mrs. Fitzanko’s Honors Spanish Students participated in Wooly Week 2024 at the beginning of April. During this immersive week, students were exposed to many different Spanish activities and a newly released song brought on by Sr. Wooly and his team. This year’s group of dedicated honors students won an autographed copy of the book La Casa de la Dentista signed by the famous Sr. Wooly himself! These honors students earned a total of 145 raffle tickets by participating in different events throughout this week. Wooly Week is conducted yearly with thousands of student and teacher participants across the United States. Congratulations to the Honors Spanish 1, 2, 3, and AP Students!
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The Dukes Baseball Regional Semi-Finals are tonight at 4:30pm at home! They are facing the Freeport Pretzels for the chance to move on to the Regional Championship game against Sycamore. Here is a link to the bracket https://www.ihsa.org/data/ba/3bracket.htm #GoPurple #BePurple
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Attention DPS Families! Let's Grow Together is pairing up Senior Citizens with youngsters ages 7-11 to plant together at this FREE event. Please see attached flyer for more information.
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At Dixon Public Schools, our motto is A Place to Grow. We are currently taking applications for an Assistant Principal/Dean of Students that will be available for the 24-25 school year at Washington School. Please see the attached flyer and click this link to apply now! Other positions are also available. https://www.applitrack.com/roe47/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=38214&category=Administration
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Sharing information from our friends at Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois. Please see the attached flyer or scan the QR code for more information.
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Power has been restored at Madison Elementary and RMS. School will proceed as normal today. Thank you for your patience.
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Please use our backup phone numbers today to call our schools.
DHS 284-7723
Jefferson 284-7724
Washington 284-7727
District Office 284-7722
For Madison & RMS call 284-7723
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Madison Elementary and Reagan Middle School currently do not have power. We are working to get an estimated time to have power restored. There is a plan in place for students who eat breakfast at school. Those students should head directly to the cafeteria. We will keep everyone informed as we know more information.
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At Dixon Public Schools, our motto is A Place to Grow. We are currently taking applications for a Technology Teacher that will be available for the 24-25 school year at Reagan Middle School. Please see the attached flyer and click this link to apply now! Other positions are also available. https://www.applitrack.com/roe47/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=38214&category=Middle+School+Teaching&subcategory=Computer
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Congratulations to Olivia Cox! She got 8th in Shot Put and 10th in Discuss at this year's Track and Field State Meet! Read her interview with Shaw local before she went down to Charleston here! https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/05/16/sauk-valley-media-athlete-of-the-week-dixons-olivia-cox/
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Sharing information from our friends at the United Way of Lee County. This takes place every Wednesday starting June 5th-August 7th. Dixon High School, Jefferson School and Washington School begin July 3rd. Please see attached flyer for more information.
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Would you like to support your local Dixon Cub Scout Pack 85? Well now you can! If you go to Culver's on Tuesday, May 21st between 5pm-8pm you can help by donating. See attached flyer for more details!
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